A review of the home addresses of more than 200 registered sex offenders who live in or around Scranton and Wilkes-Barre revealed the vast majority are complying with registration requirements under Megan's Law, according to United States Marshal Martin Pane.

The U.S. Marshals Office recently joined with several other law enforcement agencies to verify offenders were residing at the addresses they reported to authorities. Of the 227 offenders, eight remain under investigation for possible violations of the law, Pane said in a press release.

There are more than 700,000 registered sex offenders living in the United States, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. At any time, as many as 100,000 are missing or no compliant with Megan's Law registration requirements, according to the press release.

Since 2006, U.S. Marshals assisted local and state authorities in locating non-compliant offenders. The Marshals office based in Scranton has assisted in checking more than 3,900 addresses since 2010, Pane said.

The Marshals Office was assisted in checking the latest offenders by the Lackawanna County Sheriff's Office, Scranton and Wilkes-Barre Police Departments, Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole and the Megan's Law section and Fugitive Unit of the Pennsylvania State Police.